Lonemoon turned to look at Zhi Lin, who was still screaming in Shen Ying's hands. "You swallowed Mushroom's soul on purpose!" That soul of Mushroom might have contained her memories, which was why she could hide it for so long, even fooling Fatty. This was also why they could not tell that Mushroom had already been possessed. "Mushroom wasn't devoured by the evil spirit on its own. You did it, didn't you!"
"No … I don't know, I don't know!" Zhi Lin kept struggling. Perhaps it was because of the pain of her soul being split, or the guilt of being discovered, she started to speak without thinking. "I just wanted to come back, I just wanted to come back!"
Everyone's faces darkened. They looked at Zhi Lin in disbelief. If she had done this on purpose, then some things were not just coincidences. Including the fact that her soul had just left her body and she had just lost her soul. They could not help but think back to what they had experienced. They could not help but guess that she had always been at the foot of the mountain. Quhang City was not far from here. Perhaps she had … At that moment, all the disciples felt a chill down their spines.
Even Jian Xing's face was pale. He looked shocked.
Lonemoon's eyes darkened. He raised his hand and dissipated the life force around Zhi Lin's soul. Her originally transparent soul began to reveal traces of black. That was … Ghost Qi!
She was no longer a living soul. She was a real ghost. He set up a Reincarnation Array. He looked at Shen Ying and said, "Send her into Samsara."
Shen Ying frowned. She tightened her grip. With a few cracking sounds, a few more cracks appeared on the soul. Then, she threw it into the Reincarnation Array. Zhi Lin swallowed Mushroom's soul. Naturally, she had to give up one of her own. Now that Shen Ying had taken it out, her soul was no longer complete. Coupled with those cracks, even if she reincarnated, she would not be a complete person. There would always be something missing.
Lonemoon sighed. He turned to look at Mushroom beside Fatty. She was even worse off. She only had one soul left. He did not know how long she would have to stay in the River of Forgetfulness for a chance to reincarnate. After all, even her primary soul had been swallowed by that evil ghost …
Wait!
Evil ghost?
Lonemoon paused. Suddenly, he recalled something. "Shen Ying, where's the remnant soul from the evil ghost?"
Shen Ying stared blankly at him. A moment later, she said, "Oh, it's here!" As he spoke, he took out the talisman from the bag and tore it to release the remnant soul. A red light floated out from the talisman and formed a red ball. It carried an eerie Ghost Qi. After a few months, the remnant soul in Shen Ying's body had actually grown a little bigger. Strangely, it did not take the opportunity to escape. Instead, it floated obediently in front of Shen Ying.
Lonemoon took a closer look and realized that the remnant soul was filled with the demonic aura of an evil ghost. There was no aura of a mushroom at all. Could he have guessed wrongly?
Just as he was thinking, Shen Ying handed the red light to Yi Qing. "Chef, fire!"
"Yes, Master!" Yi Qing turned his palm. Without any hesitation, a True Phoenix Fire appeared and surrounded the remnant soul. In the blink of an eye, the baleful Qi and ghostly Qi all disappeared. Only then did Yi Qing retract his hand. The originally fiery remnant soul slowly turned into an ordinary white transparent state, and slowly began to transform into a human form.
"Mushroom!" Fatty was delighted. He was the first to recognize it.
He did not expect that the remnant soul of the evil ghost was wrapped around Mushroom's main soul. Lonemoon heaved a sigh of relief. No wonder after that evil ghost died, this remnant soul flew towards Shen Ying. It was not trying to escape, but Mushroom was asking Shen Ying for help.
He directly combined Mushroom's main soul and the remnant soul in Fatty's hand into one, and put them back into her body. Indeed, in a short while, Mushroom opened her eyes and looked at Fatty with some confusion. "Hui Ze?" Suddenly, she seemed to recall something. Her face was full of fear. "Zhi Lin … she wanted to eat me, Hui Ze …"
"It's alright, it's alright!" Fatty comforted her and transferred a bit of immortal Qi over. Only then did she calm down. She seemed to be exhausted. Slowly, she closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep. Although her main soul had returned, she had lost two souls and six spirits after all. It was already not easy for her to be awake for a short while. But as long as the main soul was there, the other spirits could be nurtured back.
Lonemoon took a look at Mushroom, then turned to look at Jian Xing. His expression darkened instantly. Only then did he walk over.
"Mas … ter." Jian Xing's expression was complicated. He seemed to have not recovered from what had just happened. He was at a loss and flustered.
"Jian Xing, do you know your mistake?" Lonemoon looked at the person in front of him, his eyes full of disappointment. But Jian Xing was the disciple that he had taught the most diligently in all these years. Although he was not the most outstanding, he had the highest expectations of Jian Xing. Unfortunately, the higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment.
"Master …" The panic in Jian Xing's eyes deepened. "Please forgive me, Master. I did not know that Little Lin … would do such a thing."
Seeing that, the other three disciples also knelt down and began to plead for mercy.
"Exalted Master, although Uncle-Master Jian Xing is Zhi Lin's brother and sister, it is understandable that he did not know the inside story."
"Yes, Exalted Master. He who does not know is not guilty. Zhi Lin was not that kind of person in the first place. No one would have thought that she would purposely take over someone else's body. "
"Exalted Master, although he was negligent, please forgive him this time on account of the fact that he was wholeheartedly dealing with the evil ghost."
Even Fatty frowned and added, "Master, since Zhi Lin has been executed, justice has been served to Mushroom." After all, Jian Xing was the only sword cultivator that Master had put in so much effort to teach. And he was about to leave the mountain to establish his own sect. He was angry about what happened to Mushroom, but he could not bear to see Master's years of hard work go to waste.
Lonemoon's expression darkened even more. The hand by his side tightened its grip on his fan. Taking a deep breath, he turned to look at Shen Ying and Chef. "What do you think?"
Chef did not speak. The anger on his face had not dissipated. It was obvious that Mushroom and whatnot should be put aside. Just based on what he did to Shen Ying just now, this person was already a dead man in his eyes.
Shen Ying, on the other hand, raised her head and looked straight at Lonemoon. After a while, she said, "You can decide. You don't have to listen to other people's opinions, including mine."
Lonemoon was stunned for a moment. Then, his expression softened a little. He continued to turn to look at the person on the ground and asked word by word, "Jian Xing, apart from helping Zhi Lin to take over your body, do you really know nothing about her plot?"
Jian Xing paused. After a while, he still nodded and said, "I really don't know!"
"Jian Xing …" Lonemoon took a deep breath and then let out a long sigh, as if he had finally let go of something. "You disappoint me too much!"
Jian Xing panicked. Suddenly, he had the illusion that he was about to lose something. Frantically, he reached out to the corner of Lonemoon's robe. "Master …"
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